alice in wonderland - What was the Hookah-Smoking Caterpillar smoking? - Science Fiction & Fantasy Stack Exchange What was the Hookah-Smoking Caterpillar smoking? up vote 9 down vote favorite Certainly the poster child for drug reference fantasy stories, did Lewis Carroll ever reveal just what his 3 inch long blue " Hookah-Smoking Caterpillar " character smoked in his bubble pipe while giving advice to Alice in 1865's " Alice's Adventures in Wonderland ", or was it left up to our collective imagination? He was probably smoking hookah. – OghmaOsiris Jul 16 '12 at 3:27 1 The purest Afghan Opium... Duuu! – Mark Rogers Jul 16 '12 at 15:26 2 you might also be interested in the answers to this question I asked over on History-SE – KennyPeanuts Jul 16 '12 at 19:19 @DQdlM Nice. A +1 comment if I ever saw one!

– Major Stackings Jul 16 '12 at 20:04 up vote 10 down vote Your question sent me off to read about the history of marijuana smoking in England, though I haven't found much reliable information. From Wikipedia I could find a study , prompted by certain phrases used by Shakespeare in the 16th/17th century, finding traces of cannabis in pipes buried in Shakespeare's home town: Why write I still all one, ever the same, And keep invention in a noted weed, Shakespeare, Sonnet 76 However, even if this does indicate that marijuana consumption wasn't unknown in England before Carrol's days (which it does very weakly) it still doesn't imply that Lewis Carrol himself smoked marijuana (despite extremely flaky claims such as the fifth paragraph here ), or that he was familiar enough with the habit to insert it into his rather hallucinogenic fantasy world. Some googling for "lewis carrol marijuana" and variants thereof led me to many "Was Lewis Carrol advocating marijuana usage?" pages, but nearly all were on marijuana and cannabis advocacy sites that don't even try to present any evidence (see here or here ).

In short, since tobacco smoking was well-known and popular in Victorian England, and the hookah was becoming known after the conquest of India, I see no reason to assume cannabis was in the caterpillar's hookah. That is not to say that evidence for other hallucinogenic drugs can't be found. This is just my 15 minutes' worth of research. :) Caterpillar - Alice-in-Wonderland.net Alice-in-wonderland.net Print Caterpillar character description The Caterpillar is mentioned in chapter 4 and 5 of the book “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland”. He is sitting on a mushroom while smoking a hookah, when Alice first meets him. Although he is rather strict and not very friendly, and corrects Alice’s recitation of a poem, he does help her by advising her to eat from the mushroom if she wants to change her size. In the end, he crawles away. In Disney’s cartoon movie, however, he changes into a butterfly. The Caterpillar actually teaches Alice how to cope with the difficulties she encounters in Wonderland. He teaches her how to change size by eating the mushroom and thereby to adapt to her environment when needed.

Although the original illustrations are black-and-white, in Alice’s Adventures Under Ground and in The Nursery Alice, the Caterpiller is described as being blue (‘a large blue caterpillar’). When you take a close look at the picture of the Caterpillar, you’ll see that his nose and chin are really two of its legs! The Caterpillar doesn’t actually have a name; he is just being referred to as ‘the caterpillar’. In Tim Burton’s 2010 movie, he has been named Absolem. Because the Caterpillar is smoking a hookah, and advises Alice to eat from a mushroom, he is the main reason why many people think that the story of Alice in Wonderland contains hidden meanings to drug use, or that the author was on drugs when writing the book. Read why this isn’t true Alice in Wonderland Caterpillar & Hookah | DudeIWantThat.com Alice in Wonderland Caterpillar & Hookah Check It Out Needle-felted Absolem, blue, hookah-sucking caterpillar from Alice in Wonderland, you look a little too real for me. If I got high I would definitely try to converse with and befriend you. I might do that even if I weren't high.

Look at your facial details! Are you sure you're made out of Alpaca fiber and not a Frankenstein combination of geometrid, human, and blue dragon mollusk parts? More importantly, what's in that hookah, and can I have a puff? Etsy vendor Stevi T hand-wove and custom dyed the Alice caterpillar into this one-of-a-kind not-toy, measuring 6" tall x 6" long. His included hookah has metallic trim and a brass top. He's pretty chill unless you lace his shisha with cocaine, in which case you best prepare for your living room to be overtaken by a gargantuan electric blue cocoon. Related Products Alice's Adventures in Wonderland: Chapter V: Advice from a Caterpillar The Caterpillar and Alice looked at each other for some time in silence: at last the Caterpillar took the hookah out of its mouth, and addressed her in a languid, sleepy voice. `Who are YOU?' said the Caterpillar. This was not an encouraging opening for a conversation.

Alice replied, rather shyly, `I--I hardly know, sir, just at present-- at least I know who I WAS when I got up this morning, but I think I must have been changed several times since then.' `What do you mean by that?' said the Caterpillar sternly. `Explain yourself!' `I can't explain MYSELF, I'm afraid, sir' said Alice, `because I'm not myself, you see.' `I don't see,' said the Caterpillar. `I'm afraid I can't put it more clearly,' Alice replied very politely, `for I can't understand it myself to begin with; and being so many different sizes in a day is very confusing.' `It isn't,' said the Caterpillar. `Well, perhaps you haven't found it so yet,' said Alice; `but when you have to turn into a chrysalis--you will some day, you know--and then after that into a butterfly, I should think you'll feel it a little queer, won't you?' `Not a bit,' said the Caterpillar.

`Well, perhaps your feelings may be different,' said Alice; `all I know is, it would feel very queer to ME.' `You!' said the Caterpillar contemptuously. `Who are YOU?' Which brought them back again to the beginning of the conversation. Alice felt a little irritated at the Caterpillar's making such VERY short remarks, and she drew herself up and said, very gravely, `I think, you out to tell me who YOU are, first.' `Why?' said the Caterpillar. Here was another puzzling question; and as Alice could not think of any good reason, and as the Caterpillar seemed to be in a VERY unpleasant state of mind, she turned away. `Come back!' the Caterpillar called after her. `I've something important to say!' This sounded promising, certainly: Alice turned and came back again. `Keep your temper,' said the Caterpillar. `Is that all?' said Alice, swallowing down her anger as well as she could. `No,' said the Caterpillar. Alice thought she might as well wait, as she had nothing else to do, and perhaps after all it might tell her something worth hearing.

For some minutes it puffed away without speaking, but at last it unfolded its arms, took the hookah out of its mouth again, and said, `So you think you're changed, do you?' `I'm afraid I am, sir,' said Alice; `I can't remember things as I used--and I don't keep the same size for ten minutes together!' `Can't remember WHAT things?' said the Caterpillar. `Well, I've tried to say "HOW DOTH THE LITTLE BUSY BEE," but it all came different!' Alice replied in a very melancholy voice. `Repeat, "YOU ARE OLD, FATHER WILLIAM,"' said the Caterpillar.

Alice folded her hands, and began:-- `You are old, Father William,' the young man said, `And your hair has become very white; And yet you incessantly stand on your head-- Do you think, at your age, it is right?' `In my youth,' Father William replied to his son, `I feared it might injure the brain; But, now that I'm perfectly sure I have none, Why, I do it again and again.' `You are old,' said the youth, `as I mentioned before, And have grown most uncommonly fat; Yet you turned a back-somersault in at the door-- Pray, what is the reason of that?' `In my youth,' said the sage, as he shook his grey locks, `I kept all my limbs very supple By the use of this ointment--one shilling the box-- Allow me to sell you a couple?' `You are old,' said the youth, `and your jaws are too weak For anything tougher than suet; Yet you finished the goose, with the bones and the beak-- Pray how did you manage to do it?' `In my youth,' said his father, `I took to the law, And argued each

 case with my wife; And the muscular strength, which it gave to my jaw, Has lasted the rest of my life.' `You are old,' said the youth, `one would hardly suppose That your eye was as steady as ever; Yet you balanced an eel on the end of your nose-- What made you so awfully clever?' `I have answered three questions, and that is enough,' Said his father; `don't give yourself airs!

Do you think I can listen all day to such stuff? Be off, or I'll kick you down stairs!' `That is not said right,' said the Caterpillar. `Not QUITE right, I'm afraid,' said Alice, timidly; some of the words have got altered.' `It is wrong from beginning to end,' said the Caterpillar decidedly, and there was silence for some minutes. The Caterpillar was the first to speak. `What size do you want to be?' it asked. `Oh, I'm not particular as to size,' Alice hastily replied; `only one doesn't like changing so often, you know.' `I DON'T know,' said the Caterpillar. Alice said nothing: she had never been so much contradicted in her life before, and she felt that she was losing her temper. `Are you content now?' said the Caterpillar. `Well, I should like to be a LITTLE larger, sir, if you wouldn't mind,' said Alice: `three inches is such a wretched height to be.' `It is a very good height indeed!' said the Caterpillar angrily, rearing itself upright as it spoke (it was exactly three inches high).

`But I'm not used to it!' pleaded poor Alice in a piteous tone. And she thought of herself, `I wish the creatures wouldn't be so easily offended!' `You'll get used to it in time,' said the Caterpillar; and it put the hookah into its mouth and began smoking again. This time Alice waited patiently until it chose to speak again. In a minute or two the Caterpillar took the hookah out of its mouth and yawned once or twice, and shook itself. Then it got down off the mushroom, and crawled away in the grass, merely remarking as it went, `One side will make you grow taller, and the other side will make you grow shorter.' `One side of WHAT? The other side of WHAT?' thought Alice to herself. `Of the mushroom,' said the Caterpillar, just as if she had asked it aloud; and in another moment it was out of sight. Alice remained looking thoughtfully at the mushroom for a minute, trying to make out which were the two sides of it; and as it was perfectly round, she found this a very difficult question.

However, at last she stretched her arms round it as far as they would go, and broke off a bit of the edge with each hand. `And now which is which?' she said to herself, and nibbled a little of the right-hand bit to try the effect: the next moment she felt a violent blow underneath her chin: it had struck her foot! She was a good deal frightened by this very sudden change, but she felt that there was no time to be lost, as she was shrinking rapidly; so she set to work at once to eat some of the other bit. Her chin was pressed so closely against her foot, that there was hardly room to open her mouth; but she did it at last, and managed to swallow a morsel of the lefthand bit.

* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * `Come, my head's free at last!' said Alice in a tone of delight, which changed into alarm in another moment, when she found that her shoulders were nowhere to be found: all she could see, when she looked down, was an immense length of neck, which seemed to rise like a stalk out of a sea of green leaves that lay far below her. `What CAN all that green stuff be?' said Alice. `And where HAVE my shoulders got to? And oh, my poor hands, how is it I can't see you?' She was moving them about as she spoke, but no result seemed to follow, except a little shaking among the distant green leaves. As there seemed to be no chance of getting her hands up to her head, she tried to get her head down to them, and was delighted to find that her neck would bend about easily in any direction, like a serpent.

She had just succeeded in curving it down into a graceful zigzag, and was going to dive in among the leaves, which she found to be nothing but the tops of the trees under which she had been wandering, when a sharp hiss made her draw back in a hurry: a large pigeon had flown into her face, and was beating her violently with its wings. `Serpent!' screamed the Pigeon. `I'm NOT a serpent!' said Alice indignantly. `Let me alone!' `Serpent, I say again!' repeated the Pigeon, but in a more subdued tone, and added with a kind of sob, `I've tried every way, and nothing seems to suit them!' `I haven't the least idea what you're talking about,' said Alice. `I've tried the roots of trees, and I've tried banks, and I've tried hedges,' the Pigeon went on, without attending to her; `but those serpents! There's no pleasing them!' Alice was more and more puzzled, but she thought there was no use in saying anything more till the Pigeon had finished.

`As if it wasn't trouble enough hatching the eggs,' said the Pigeon; `but I must be on the look-out for serpents night and day! Why, I haven't had a wink of sleep these three weeks!' `I'm very sorry you've been annoyed,' said Alice, who was beginning to see its meaning. `And just as I'd taken the highest tree in the wood,' continued the Pigeon, raising its voice to a shriek, `and just as I was thinking I should be free of them at last, they must needs come wriggling down from the sky! Ugh, Serpent!' `But I'm NOT a serpent, I tell you!' said Alice. `I'm a--I'm a--' `Well! WHAT are you?' said the Pigeon. `I can see you're trying to invent something!' `I--I'm a little girl,' said Alice, rather doubtfully, as she remembered the number of changes she had gone through that day. `A likely story indeed!' said the Pigeon in a tone of the deepest contempt. `I've seen a good many little girls in my time, but never ONE with such a neck as that!

No, no! You're a serpent; and there's no use denying it. I suppose you'll be telling me next that you never tasted an egg!' `I HAVE tasted eggs, certainly,' said Alice, who was a very truthful child; `but little girls eat eggs quite as much as serpents do, you know.' `I don't believe it,' said the Pigeon; `but if they do, why then they're a kind of serpent, that's all I can say.' This was such a new idea to Alice, that she was quite silent for a minute or two, which gave the Pigeon the opportunity of adding, `You're looking for eggs, I know THAT well enough; and what does it matter to me whether you're a little girl or a serpent?' `It matters a good deal to ME,' said Alice hastily; `but I'm not looking for eggs, as it happens; and if I was, I shouldn't want YOURS: I don't like them raw.' `Well, be off, then!' said the Pigeon in a sulky tone, as it settled down again into its nest.

Alice crouched down among the trees as well as she could, for her neck kept getting entangled among the branches, and every now and then she had to stop and untwist it. After a while she remembered that she still held the pieces of mushroom in her hands, and she set to work very carefully, nibbling first at one and then at the other, and growing sometimes taller and sometimes shorter, until she had succeeded in bringing herself down to her usual height. It was so long since she had been anything near the right size, that it felt quite strange at first; but she got used to it in a few minutes, and began talking to herself, as usual. `Come, there's half my plan done now! How puzzling all these changes are! I'm never sure what I'm going to be, from one minute to another! However, I've got back to my right size: the next thing is, to get into that beautiful garden--how IS that to be done, I wonder?' As she said this, she came suddenly upon an open place, with a little house in it about four feet high.

`Whoever lives there,' thought Alice, `it'll never do to come upon them THIS size: why, I should frighten them out of their wits!' So she began nibbling at the righthand bit again, and did not venture to go near the house till she had brought herself down to nine inches high. Caterpillar | Alice Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia Edit Alice meeting Caterpillar. Alice first met Caterpillar shortly after she had escaped the White Rabbit 's house, and she was presently only a couple of inches high. She found Caterpillar sitting on a mushroom and smoking a hookah. He began questioning Alice, asking who she was and she admitted to him she was not sure anymore and was having an identity crisis, due to the fact that she had been changing forms a lot, previous to their meeting. Although Alice tried to explain herself, Caterpillar did not see why she did not know herself at that moment and refused to see her point of view. As the creature seemed to be getting annoyed with her, Alice tried to leave, but Caterpillar called her back to give her some advice about keeping her temper. However, it only made Alice angrier.

Caterpillar then, slowly coming around to her point of view, asked Alice to repeat the poem "You Are Old, Father William" to see if she could remember things like her original self, but the poem came out rather strange, like many of the nursery rhymes Alice attempted in Wonderland. Before leaving, Caterpillar told Alice how to change size by eating the mushroom upon which he was sitting: one side of the mushroom will make her taller, and the other will make her shorter. After then, he calmly strolled away into the grass. American McGee's Alice Edit When Alice returned to Wonderland after becoming insane, she first sought Caterpillar because she had lost the White Rabbit, and the Mock Turtle told her that he would know, as he knew anything. [3] However, going through the Wonderland Woods , she found Rabbit and the two of them go together to Caterpillar, until Rabbit was killed by the Mad Hatter . [4] Caterpillar telling Alice of her task. Alice continued the journey alone, and when she found Caterpillar, she asked why she was brought back to Wonderland.

He explained that only she could revert the twisted world Wonderland had become and save everyone, as it was the loss of her family that had almost made her destroy Wonderland, and the only way to do so was to kill the Queen of Hearts . He then told her to find the Mushroom of Life that would help her return to her normal size, and created a portal for her to leave through with his smoke. [2] The Caterpillar was later revealed to be the oracle residing in the Oracle's Grove of Wonderland Woods. He explained that the Queen of Hearts' death was not only the cure for Wonderland's corruption, but the only remedy for Alice's insanity. [5] When Wonderland was restored to its peace, he appeared with Alice in the final scene. Alice: Madness Returns Edit Alice talking to Caterpillar. After Alice visited Wilton J. Radcliffe , [6] she returned to Wonderland to find the Vale of Tears had turned into the corrupted Vale of Doom . Following the sound of Caterpillar's voice, she found that the Oriental Grove appeared to be still all right. Caterpillar then used his magical smoke to shrink Alice down to the size of an ant, so she could enter the grove and meet him on top of a mountain.

[7] As Alice traveled through the grove, it was clear that the Origami Ants that lived here looked up to Caterpillar as a kind of messiah, and believed that he would save them from the deadly threat of the Samurai Wasps that were capturing and murdering them. However, as time passed and nothing happened, the Ants began to lose faith in Caterpillar, thinking that he had abandoned them. Every time Alice passed through the Oriental Scrolls , the voice of Caterpillar would tell the story of an unlikely hero who helped villages against powerful foes, reflecting what Alice was doing throughout the grove. The Caterpillar as a chrysalis. When Alice made it to the summit, it was revealed that Caterpillar had become a chrysalis at some point, and was unable to do anything due to his new state. As he began to mature into a butterfly, he advised Alice to speak to the Queen of Hearts to find the cause of this new-found evil and mayhem that had taken over Wonderland. He then flew away, [1] and Alice woke up in London again.

[8] As Alice traveled through the Infernal Train to face the Dollmaker , she met Caterpillar again, who was now a butterfly, in one of the carriages. He asked her if she had come to receive her punishment. Even though Alice admitted she was guilty of something, she had no knowledge of her actions. Caterpillar then explained to her that while abusers of the weak must be punished for their crimes, so too should those who witness abuse and do nothing to stop it. He was referring to the fact that while Alice was a witness to the abuse Angus Bumby was giving to the orphans , she was too caught up in her own problems to actually see it or act against it, making her just as guilty as Bumby, and that the pain she was currently feeling was her punishment. [9] Appearance Edit Caterpillar is a large, green caterpillar with a segmented body and six arms on his upper body. The lower part of his body forms a tail. Although, when Alice found the Grove in the Vale of Doom, Caterpillar is only three inches in height, unlike before, he is always gigantic compared to Alice and always seems to tower over her.

He has a long face similar to that of a human, with long, thin lips, a small nose and narrow yellow eyes. He wears no clothing, save of a red fez on top of his head. As a butterfly, he has a smaller, thinner body, but large white, black, and red wings. The pattern of his wings forms his face. He also gains a long white beard. Abilities Caterpillar seems to possess a few supernatural powers, mostly made by the smoke from his hookah to help Alice in her journey. American McGee's Alice Hookah: The Caterpillar was able to create a portal for Alice by blowing a smoke ring. Alice: Madness Returns Edit Hookah: He used the smoke to shrink Alice down to the size of an insect so she could enter the Grove. Telepathic abilities: He was able to throw his voice, as he could speak to Alice from miles away. Trivia Edit The " Caterpillar " dress appears as DLC for Alice: Madness Returns . It gives Alice permanent Shrink Sense , whether she is shrunken or not. In a trailer for Madness Returns, Alice encounters a caterpillar, but it doesn't seem to be Caterpillar in the game.

It can be theorized this caterpillar is Caterpillar's beta design, or simply another caterpillar. [1] References Absolem | Alice in Wonderland Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia Illustration by Sir James Tenniel Appearing in Chapters Four and Five, the Caterpillar (also known as Russel) is a hookah-smoking insect who meets Alice after she has been shrunk to a tiny size. It is exactly three inches tall which, according to him, "is a very good height indeed" (though Alice believes it to be a wretched height). Alice does not like the Caterpillar when they first meet, because he does not immediately talk to her and when he does, it is usually in short sentences or difficult questions. He asks Alice to repeat the poem You Are Old, Father William , which comes out rather strange like many of the nursery rhymes Alice attempts in Wonderland. The Caterpillar then tells Alice how to grow and shrink by eating the mushroom upon which he is sitting. The original illustration by John Tenniel at right, is something of a visual paradox; the caterpillar's human face appears to be formed from the head and legs of a more realistic caterpillar.

From the Nursery "Alice" - "And do you see its long nose and chin? At least, they look exactly like a nose and chin, don’t they? But they really are two of its legs. You know a Caterpillar has got quantities of legs: you can see some more of them, further down." [1] He also appears in the anime by Nippon Animation, " Fushigi no Kuni no Alice \]." In the TV miniseries " Alice ," he appears as an aging spectacled man as the caterpillar, who is the head of the resistance. He also appears in the video game " American McGee's Alice ." The Caterpillar makes an appearance in Kingdom Hearts V CAST , where he takes the role of the Cheshire Cat in providing hints for Sora to advance through Wonderland. In the otome game " Heart no Kuni no Alice ," he appears as Nightmare Gottschalk , a dream/incubus who appears in Alice's dreams and one of the many characters who fall in love with Alice . In the movie Freddy vs Jason, Freddy at one point turns into a caterpillar and pulls out a hookah and smokes it.

Much like in the movies, Freddy then blows smoke into a boy's face and leaves. Memorable Quotes V | Not Alice in Wonderland Not Alice in Wonderland v. Secondhand Knowledge The source of all the vapor showed itself clearly, and (y/n) swallowed with somewhat nervous anticipation as one of the women pulled the door open, and vibrant pastels of hookah smoke clouded up to the low ceiling of the hallway. The maids just calmly waved it all away, and ushered the visiting girl into the large room that was surprisingly empty.. save for, the few dozen people, performers, who lie unconscious on the floor, taken by the intoxicating fumes. Whoever was smoking that probably had lungs of steel.. but lungs of steel would probably have trouble inflating and deflating, you do know that lungs are like balloons, right? Before she could question the dead looking people on the floor, a deep voice zipped her lips. (Y/n) looked up at who rudely interrupted her train of thought, and it was a man in a large throne-like seat, wide enough for him to lay across it, layers upon layers of fabric draped over his body and dragged on to the floor below him.

A hookah in his hand, and piercing eyes half lidded in his obvious state of high. Large glass distillation devices stood behind him, and that was what (y/n) assumed was supplying all this pollution. Large colorful flowers and vibrant swirls of color danced inside of the spherical transparent walls, going through tunnels and tubes until finally making it to the long smoking pipe nestled in elegant fingers. From afar, the man just looked like a blob of color and hair, very, very long hair.. that resembled cabbage but don't tell him I said that. Unsure of how to approach this seemingly authoritative person, (y/n) weaved her way around the performers on the floor, and dipped into a nervous attempt to curtsy. "Lyceana (lie-key-ana), it's a shame that this lovely lady has to hide her face behind a gas mask. Can she take it off?" "Well..

you see, she was rendered unconscious by it all the way out in the forest, so I don't think that she'll be able to handle the-" "We will just have to see then," the Caterpillar exhaled and a deep blue string of smoke molded itself into the shape of a claw, grasping the mask on (y/n)'s face and gently tugging it off, the only means of protecting our poor girl's respiratory system from the dense, almost syrupy vapor. Out of pure instinct, her initial reaction was to hold her breath for as long as she could. "There, you're fine, right Alice? Lyceana, Junonia, please remove the guests from this room and get them to a well ventilated area before they press charges." The Caterpillar rose an eyebrow at the sight of (y/n)'s (skin color) face turning a shade of blue to rival the bright colors wafting around the room, and chuckled lowly, the smoke escaping his throat made the girl's eyes water. If pain was real in Wonderland, (y/n) was sure that her eyeballs would be stinging by now.

Not a single sound could escape her tightly shut lips, and she just squinted through tears at the man before her, not even turning to watch the maids drag away the bodies in the room. Bright golden eyes were glazed over in steel as they stared in an almost judgemental way at the trembling girl. Finally, he said, "Just breathe." Like sweet relief, she finally gave in and drew a deep breath, and like bucketfuls of honey, thick sugary vapor filled her lungs and raced to her brain, opening a hatch and flooding her body with dopamine. Her spirit was lifted almost forcefully, and she immediately began to wonder how the Caterpillar could possible handle smoking this shit. A shiver of both delight and panic shook (y/n) and a smirk began to tug at the Caterpillar's lips. His eyes took crescent shapes and his face morphed into an almost gleeful expression. "You'll get used to it, my dear." "Used to it? I'm-" her sentence was cut off by some loud coughs, "I am dying here!

Where is that-" frantically searching the floor for the lost mask, (y/n) felt around with her hands and there was nothing but the texture of tatami mats where the mask should have fallen. "Now Alice, tell me why you are here." He sat up in his seat, and reached an arm out, to which (y/n) looked up to and clumsily took hold of, letting her now uncoordinated body be led to the Caterpillar's throne. "M-my name.. it's-" another series of coughs, and tears crawled their way out to swim down (y/n)'s cheeks. The Caterpillar just smiled with hostility at her, the crescents of his eyes felt like daggers in her skin. (Y/n) shrunk back a little when his hand gently wiped away her tears. "How did you find yourself here, Ali-- erm.." His eyebrows furrowed, and (y/n) sat up. "My name is (y/n). I was just.. I was reading in a park, and I left my keys in a hollowed tree and ended up slipping and falling, there was a white rabbit and everything, my..

my arm was chopped off by a crazy lady in the Duchess's kitchen and the little bunny boy gouged my eye out but the girl uh.. T-" "I know. I know all of that" The Caterpillar blew out golden smoke, hitting (y/n) right in the face, which caused her to yelp and scoot over as far as she could to get away from the source of the dreadful vapor. Her face twisted in disgust. "Then why ask me for my story?" She groaned, getting annoyed. "Who... are you?" He tilted his head and let the pipe slip down into the fabric of his sleeve, leaning toward the girl until his sickeningly sweet breath fanned over her lips, small wisps of smoke still dancing from his slightly agape mouth. "I'm (y/n)! Did you not hear me the first time?" "You do not wish to elaborate on that answer, do you? It's unfortunate that some souls are but a name with a face." "Are you saying that I have no personality? You know what," (y/n) stood feverishly, "I do not need to sit here in this damned gas chamber with you!

You lowly drug addict, ugh!" Coughing out a string of insults, the girl stomped out of the room, slamming the sliding door shut behind her. The girl walked down the hall, taking multiple turns and peeking around every single corner to find nothing but closed doors, empty rooms, and no maids at all.. in fact, there wasn't a trace of any breathing creatures around. She was lost in record time, and no amount of calling out could draw any living beings out of the corners. Finally, (y/n) turned around in an attempt to retrace her steps, and instead of doing what she intended to, she ended up staying just as lost as she was before. A few seconds later, the same large doors turned up. It was the caterpillar's room. "What kind of sick joke is this? I'm tripping shit, that's what's wrong.

Damn stoner insect, how am I going to get out of here?" Deciding to make a rude entrance, (y/n) slid the door open until it slammed into the side, and aggressively stepped into the room, tingles going down her spine when she realized that the smoke was gone, the Caterpillar had stopped smoking and was now napping, she presumed. Some thought washed over her, and (y/n) knew that she was not going to get her butt out of this hell if she doesn't wake that oversized bug up right now and force it out of him. Sounds disturbing if you think about squeezing a Caterpillar, but.. let's not talk about that. She walked over, just about to touch the sleeping man, but honey colored eyes flew open for a second before returning to the usual look of lazy half assed too-stoned-to-open-my-eyes-fully. A predatory smirk traced itself over his lips and made his visitor jump back in surprise. "You returned to have your questions answered, haven't you; I know you have." (y/n) was taken aback by the knowing smile lifting the man's cheeks. "Uh, no. No I'm not. I came here to ask for the exi- wait..

did you say answer my questions?" "Yes. I know you're wondering, 'what was the Duchess talking about when she said-" The Caterpillar forced a weak falsetto to imitate (and mock, mostly mock) the (h/c) female, but it was too terrible, and (y/n) cut him off before he could get any further. "Stop, put that voice away and save us all, I feel like I'm going to faint." She made a disgusted face, and the Caterpillar went back to his normal voice. "You want answers about what you're saving Wonderland from." "I think I know, slaying the-" "Slaying the Jabberwocky will not help. Well.. the Jabberwocky hasn't done anything wrong, really. The Queen really isn't even that malignant, don't get too ahead of yourself. You don't know any of it." (y/n) crossed her arms at being told off in that way, then took a seat on the Caterpillar's throne without asking to, a small part of her wishing to provoke him. Really, that didn't..

at all, and instead, the man sat up for two seconds to pull (y/n) down on top of him, ignoring her protests. "Settle down, little one. I'll tell you everything." He cooed breathily. The sweet smell of the narcotics still on him, but rather than struggle any more, (y/n) gave in, feeling the same tsunami of dopamine fill her body. As she relaxed herself, the Caterpillar picked up his hookah and began to recite his long explanation. "The land is split into four, the land of the hearts, spades, diamonds, and clovers. The areas, however, are split in strange strange ways. The Queen of Clovers is a cheerful and humble girl who just watches over the greenery in Wonderland. The Queen of Diamonds is a quiet girl who sleeps all day, not caring much about the tundra that is her queendom. The Red Queen and White Queen, hoever, rule over the vast majority of Wonderland, and wish to meet you. For reasons, you shall find yourself when the time comes that you make it to their castles." "That wasn't very long, but why do they want me?

Why can't you just let me out and take me to the castle then?" "I am but a prophet. It's your own job to move forward in this.. expedition, I could say." "That information didn't help me at all! I just want to find out how I'm supposed to 'save Wonderland'.. and then get out of here!" "That isn't for me to tell you. Knowledge isn't reliable secondhand, you know that, don't you, girl?" "Look, if this is another one of your smoker puns-" (y/n) pushed herself up and out of the Caterpillars arms, preparing to stand up. Then it hit her. She whisked the pipe out of the man's hands and held it to her lips, drawing a long breath. The Caterpillar did nothing but stare, the corners of his lips tugging themselves up in subtle triumph. Suddenly, long complex paragraphs of information, memories, and thoughts flooded the girl's mind, and her hands shook as she collapsed, blacking out. I still think the whole losing your keys and falling through the Earth thing is your fault. Log in or sign up and select Add to favorites to follow updates to this story

Question: In "Alice in Wonderland", what type of pipe did the caterpillar smoke?
Answer: Hookah